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Top 4 arms sellers in U.S. $ (1990)

United States $4.5 billion
(permanent member of the UN Security Council)

China $3.1 billion
(permanent member of the UN Security Council)

France $1.2 billion
(permanent member of the UN Security Council)

UK $1.1 billion
(permanent member of the UN Security Council)

Canada $152 million

Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on weapons transfer data. March. Stockholm

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Top 4 arms sellers in US $ (1992-1999) to developing nations

United States $90 million
(permanent member of the UN Security Council)

United Kingdom $42 million
(permanent member of the UN Security Council)

France $22 million
(permanent member of the UN Security Council)

Russia $19 million
(permanent member of the UN Security Council)


Source: Richard F. Grimmett, "Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1992-1999" (Washington: Congressional Research Service, August 18, 2000), p. 51